Is Tien a boy or girl name?

Tien is a unisex name. Of the 1,320 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 38.3% were girls and 61.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2009, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Tien

Recorded 1975–2025 · United States

Tien was most popular in 1992, when 57 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,755 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,918, with 14 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,320 people named Tien.

Tien over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tien’s peak in 1992. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tien a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tien is a unisex name — 38.3% of the 1,320 Americans given it were girls and 61.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2009 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 28% girls and 72% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Tien

Where Tien is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 9.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org